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middle term

British

noun

Also called: mean. middle. logic the term that appears in both the major and minor premises of a syllogism, but not in the conclusion

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But stagnant employment has become a drag on the economy for at least the middle term.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026

Since 15 is positive and the coefficient of the middle term is negative, we use the negative factors.

From Textbooks • May 6, 2020

We’ll work one now where the middle term is negative.

From Textbooks • Apr. 22, 2020

Since the middle term of the trinomial is 5x, the factors in the first case will work.

From Textbooks • Apr. 22, 2020

The middle term is only an example of the minor.

From Logic, Inductive and Deductive by Minto, William

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